[pct-l] Scree vs. Talus

[At Rerunner]

so, if one slips on the small, loose pebbles, and gravity prevails,
one goes screeming into the large rocks, as one's talus goes bouldly
bouncing along?

ouch,
fenu

On 1/10/09, Paul Magnanti <pmags at yahoo.com> wrote:
> SCREE= Small, loose pebbles
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> TALUS = Large Rocks, not quite boulder size
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> BOULDER FIELD = 'nuff said. :)
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> There is some overlapping, but that is the quick and dirty definition.
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